Bus driver charged after fatal crash

A BUS driver has been charged after a woman died in a road crash in Wigan - Stephanie Talbot, 31, died after she was hit by a bus in Platt Street, Platt Bridge, last October.

Simon Draper, 32, of Sycamore Avenue, was charged with death by undue care and attention. He is due to appear before Wigan Magistrates’ Court on June 28. Police were called to the scene at around 8.45am on October 5 last year.